"Stance on education" means what a person or group thinks about and how they relate to or look at the whole set-up of education, including the different schools of thought about it, the laws that govern it, and the everyday workings of education. A stance is basically someone's or a group's point of view on various educational issues, for instance, ways of teaching, raising the bar for what students learn, making education available to all, financing, and what the role of schools should be in the community. A stance, for example, could be one that favors old-fashioned classroom teaching; another could be one that argues, 'let's do education via the internet'; yet another could be one that stresses the importance of making educational opportunities equally available to all. ' What is a stance on education? People talk about it a lot, especially when they are in a discussion or debate. Groups of people with different views about education quality, access to education, education policy, and the like make their opinions known when they are publicly expressing their standpoints.